CSUN PD in the News

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CSUN Department of Police Services has officially launched a text to 911 system, which allows students to contact police on campus in an emergency when a phone call would be dangerous or impossible.Read more

A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will be at California State University, Northridge next month to examine all aspects of the university’s Department of Police Services’ policies and procedures, management, operations and support services.Read more

When friends, family and co-workers describe Alberto DeJesus Muñoz, a member of California State University’s Department of Police Services’ Matador Patrol they use words like friendly, gentleman and good kid.

Despite a federal law known as the Jeanne Clery Act, which requires college campuses to notify every sexual assault case to the U.S. Department of Education, colleges nationwide have admitted that they have underreported the number of cases in recent years.Read more

Living next door to a California State University can have its perks. For Scott Champion, a 60-year-old CSUN neighbor, the presence of CSUN’s Police Department (PD) is comforting and keeps surrounding communities safe, especially with Halloween fast approaching.

When 12 people were killed in a mass shooting at a theatre in Colorado last July, politicians and campaigners in the midst of a presidential election season warned Americans not to use the tragedy for political purposes.

California State University, Northridge Chief of Police Anne P. Glavin was among a broad coalition including law enforcement, doctors and clergy to join Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 24, at a press conference reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons.

WEST HARTFORD, CT (January 17, 2013) - The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) has been invited to join Senator Dianne Feinstein (California) during a press conference to mark her introduction of a comprehensive assault weapons control bill that would also require background checks for most gun sales and related transactions. Read more